15 Brilliant, Spooky, Hilarious and Creative Cinemagrams

As the popularity of photography apps continues to rise on mobile platforms, people are finding creative new ways to share special moments with their friends.

Cinemagram, a free iOS app that creates animated “cines,” lets users add filters and apply effects to clips before animating. The result is a GIF file the company calls “part-photo and part-video.”

“Cinemagram has become a fun way for people to capture and share special moments of their lives,” says Andre Charoo, head of partnerships at Cinemagram. “Users are sharing these moments by simply capturing two-second video clips that we’ve re-created in a format that’s perfect for quick mobile consumption.”

We asked the Cinemagram team to select 15 cines they felt really showed off the platform. The sample provides an interesting snapshot of how people are using the app.